Cash-register.



N D L U A P S F L CASH REGISTER.

(Application filed Mar. 1 8, 1900.)

(No Model.)

ATTORNEY nmus PETERS O0, Pwovouwu, WASHWGTON n c UNITED STATES PATENTOFFICE.

ELIJAH F. SPAULDING, OF BOUND BROOK, NEl/V JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO THE IDEALCASH REGISTER COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

CASH-REGISTER.

s'PEcIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 657,624, datedSeptember 1 1, 1900.

Application filed March 13, 1900. serial No. 8.453. LNo model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELIJAH F. SPAULDING, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Bound Brook, in the county of Somerset 5 and State ofNew Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cash-Registers, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in casl1-registers,and moreespecially to an improvement in the cash-register described and claimedin the Letters Patent of the United States No. 640,825, granted January9, 1900, to the Ideal Cash Register Company as my I 5 assignee.

In accordance with the invention shown and described in the aforesaidLetters Patent the operator moves the exposed actuating-levers along theline of numerals on the front face of the register-casing for thepurpose of setting certain interior operative mechanism in accord withthe values to be registered, and thereafter the operator by moving anexposed operating crank or lever connected with z 5 the maindriving-shaft of the register mechanism sets in motion the registeringmechanism to the extent desired, governed by the position given to thesaid actuating-levers. The exposed crank or lever is normally in a 0substantially-vertical position, and when aotuated by the operator toeffect registration is pulled downward to a substantially-horizontalposition and then returned to its normal or substantially-verticalposition. The

exposed crank or lever is connected with the driving-shaft, whichcontrols the operation of the interior mechanism of the register, andsaid crank or lever is of some considerable length in proportion to theheight of the reg- 40 ister in order that the operator may with easeutilize the same in setting in motion the interior mechanism of theregister.

In the aforesaid patent, No. 640,825, no means were provided for lockingthe exposed operating crank or lever to prevent its operation atimproper times, and the present invention relates to a structureembodying the register and the said exposed crank or lever, togetherwith means for conveniently lock- 5 0 ing said handle against operationduring such time as it may be desired that the register shall not beoperated. In many places of business a number of cash-registers areemployed, one cash-register being designated to each salesman, and undersuch condition should any one of the salesmen be temporarily absent heshould for his own protection lock the exposed crank or lever, so thathis register during his absence could not be operated by any of theother salesmen. The present invention pertains, therefore, to thecombination of parts embodying the locking means whereby the exposedcrank or lever may at all proper times be locked against operation; andsaid invention consists in. the novel features and combinationshereinafter described, and more particularly pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation ofa portion of the register constructed in accordance with and embodyingthe invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical section, on an enlarged scale,through a portion of same and illustrating the exposed operating-cranklocked in its vertical position. Fig. 3 is a like View of same, showingthe position of the parts when the said crank is unlocked. Fig. 4 is anenlarged end View of the upper portion or handle of the said exposedcrank. Fig. 5 is a detached side elc- 8o vation of the locking-barcontained within the handle at the upper end of the said exposed crank.Fig. 6 is an end view of same. Fig. '7 is an inner end view of thetumblercylinder within the handle at the upper end of the said exposedcrank. Fig. 8 is a central vertical longitudinal section of same. Fig. 9is an outer end view of same. Fig. 10 is a vertical transverse sectionthrough the said handle and locking devices on the dotted line 10 10 ofFig. 3, Fig. 10 showing the key inserted Within the tumbler-cylinder andready to be turned in the direction of the arrow, so as to cause saidcylinder to make a one-quarter revolution; and Fig. 11 is a verticaltransverse 5 section of same on the dotted line 11 11 of Fig. 2, thisfigure illustrating the position of the parts after the tumbler-cylinderhas been given its one-quarter revolution and the key removed.

In the drawings, 20 denotes the registercasing as a whole; 21, thesetting-levers; 22, the line of the numerals along which said levers 21are moved for the purpose of setting into operative relation theinterior mechanism of the register; 23, the maindriving-shaft for theinterior mechanism of the register, and 24 the exposed crank or lever bywhich the operator after having set the interior mechanism by means ofthe levers 21 will effect the proper registration. lever 24 has at itsupper end the handle 25,

and within this handle 25 is provided certain locking devices forlocking the lever 24 in its vertical position.

Within the handle 25 is contained the tumbler-cylinder 26 andlocking-bolt 27, the latter being encompassed by the coiled spring 28,which normally operates to retain said bolt 27 at its inward position.(Shown in Fig. 3.) The bolt 27 is adapted to be moved from itsnormalorinward position (shown in Fig. 3) to its outer or lookingposition (shown in Fig. 2) by means of the key 29, the latter beinginserted directly through the key-slot of the cylinder 26 and its innerend engaging during the inward drive of the key the end of the bolt 27and pushing the latter outward partly from the handle 25 toward theregister-casing 20, the outer end of the bolt at such time entering thekeeper 30, secured upon the side of the register-casing. The bolt 27 hasat its inner end the head 31 and central projection 32, while at itsouter end said bolt 27 is formed with the flattened portion 33 andshoulders 34. The shoulders 34 and the longitudinal space between saidshoulders define the limit of movement which maybe imparted to the bolt27, since when said bolt is in position said shoulders 34 will lie onthe opposite sides of a pin 35, which is rigid with the handle 25 andserves, in conjunction with the Hat surface 33, to prevent the axialrotation of the bolt 27 and, in conjunction with the shoulders 34, toprevent the bolt 27 from having any undue movement outward or inward.

The tumbler-cylinder 26 is slotted to receive the key 29 and aperturedto receive the usual pin-tumblers, as shown, and at its inner end saidsleeve 26 is provided with the vertical slot 36,correspondin g with andadapted to snugly receive the projection 32 on the inner end of the bolt27 in the manner illustrated in Fig. 3. W'hen the cylinder 26 is soturned by the key 29 that the slot 36 in said cylinder is in line withthe projection 32 on said bolt 27, the spring 28, drawing said bolt 27inward, will move the projection 32 of said bolt into the said slot 36,the said slot 36 and projection 32 then being in the relation in whichthey are illustrated in Fig. 3. When it is desired, however, to causethe bolt 27 to engage the keeper 30, so as to lock the lever 24 againstoperation, the key 29 will be inserted through the cylinder 26 in orderthat its inner end may engage the projection 32 on the bolt 27 and movesaid projection clear of the cylinder 26, and thereupon by giving thecylinder 26, through the medium of the key 29, a one-quarter revolutionthe slot 36 at The crank or theinnerend ofthe said cylinder willbeturned across and at right angles to the end of the projection 32 of thebolt, as illustrated in Fig. 2, whereby the inner end of the cylinder 26is enabled to operate as a lock to retain the bolt 27 in its outwardposition shown in Fig. 2. When the bolt 27 is in its outwardposition,'its outer end is within the keeper 30, connected with theregister-casing, and hence at such time the lever 24 will be lockedagainst operation. When it is desired to unlock the lever 24, theattendant will give the cylinder 26, through the medium of the key 29, areverse one-quarter revolution and withdraw the key, thus allowing thespring 28 to retract the bolt 27 into the handle 25 and cause theprojection 32 on said bolt to enter the slot 36 in the cylinder 26. Thehandle 25 is of metal, and at the outer end of the said handle isprovided a metal escutcheonplate 37, which has a beveled periphery andis secured in place by pressing an annular flange 38 on the handle 25against said beveled periphery, as shown in Fig. 2. The plate 37contains a circular opening to receive the outer end of thetumbler-cylinder 26. For the purpose of limiting the movement of thetumbler-cylinder 26 I provide the stoppin 39,

extending through the lower side of the handle 25 and engaging a recess40 (shown more clearly in Fig. '7) in the inner end of the cylinder 26,the end of said recess serving as the stop, in connection with the pin39, to prevent the cylinder 26 from having imparted to it more than aquarter-revolution during the time such cylinder is turned to cause theslot 36 therein to extend across or at right angles to the projection 32of the bolt 27. The cylinder 26 carries the pin-tumblers 41 in awell-known manner, and the handle 25 is recessed to receive thespring-drivers 42 43, the drivers 42 serving to lock the cylinder 26against rotation while the bolt 27 is in its outward position and thedrivers 43 being employed mainly to permit the withdrawal of the key 29when the cylinder 26 has been turned to move its slot 36 into line withthe projection 32 on the bolt 27 The locking mechanism is, as will beunderstood from the foregoing description, confined to the upper end ofthe crank or lever 24 and is of such character as to enable itsconvenient employment without the same constituting an obstructioneither to the use of the crank or lever 24 or to the appearance of theregister as a whole. The locking mechanism is also located at thatportion of the crank or lever 24 at which it is rendered most capable ofresisting any strain which might be applied to said lever 24 in anyattempt to operate the same.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The cash-register having the drivingshaft 23, and the exposed crankor lever 24 on said shaft, said crank or lever having the handle 25,combined with the tumbler-cylinend of said bolt having the projection 32to enter said slot when said cylinder is turned so that said slot is inalinement with said projection; substantially as set forth.

2. The cash-register having the drivingshaft 23, the exposed operatingcrank or lever 24 on said shaft, and the handle 25 connected with saidlever, combined with the tumbler-cylinder 26 Within said handle, thelocking-bolt also within said handle, the spring, for normallyretracting said bolt into said handle, and means for limiting the throwof said bolt and preventing axial motion of said bolt, the said cylinderhaving at its inner end the slot 36, and said bolt adjacent to the saidcylinder having the projection 32 to enter the said slot when said slotand projection are in line with one another; substantially as set forth.

3. The cash-register having the drivingshaft 23, the exposed operatingcrank or lever 24 on said shaft, and the handle 25 connected with saidlever, combined with the cylinder 26 in the outer end of said handle andadapted to receive the key, the bolt 27 Within said handle and having atits inner end the projection 32 and adjacent to its outer end thesurface 33, the spring encompassing said bolt and normally operating toretract the bolt into said handle, the pin 35 cooperating with saidsurface 33 to prevent axial turning of the said bolt, and the keeperconnected with the register casing and adapted to receive the end ofsaid bolt when the latter is projected from said handle, said cylinder26 having at its inner end the slot 36 to receive said projection 32when the said bolt 27 is at its inward position; substantially as setforth. Signed at New York, in the county of New York and State of NewYork, this 21st day of February, A. D. 1900.

ELIJAH F. SPAULDING. WVitnesses:

CHAS. C. GILL, GUNDER GUNDERsoN,

